Non-Muslim workers protest accommodation of Muslims at Swift plant

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"They have no respect for the Spanish or white people," said Brianna Castillo, a Swift employee of four years. "Many times we are forced to pull extra count… I don’t feel that is right."
Castillo, who is white, said every race was represented in the protest with the exception of Somalis. Castillo said employees are frustrated by what they feel is a double standard when it comes to other races and Somalis.
"Somalis are running our plant," Castillo said. "They are telling us what to do."

if these were non-muslim employees they would have fired on the spot.

jihadwatch.org/archives/022587.php
 
Same old same old…mixing politics/culture/race with Islam as a whole :confused:

Post something debatable not some incidents from the news…
 
Demanding islamic rights as per the sharia are not incidents but a duty that is why you hear about these things every now and then and in different places when their numbers rise…it is time people start understanding Islam as a whole is an ideology to be applied here on earth by any means, including Jihad…the planet must belong to Allah and his messenger.
 
The Muslims are protesting the decision by Swift and causing some problems there.

I won’t buy, and have told my friends about the problems with Swift, until Swift makes a decision either way. If they accomodate Muslims then they won’t have to worry about me as a customer. I know all to well that appeasing them is the start of creeping sharia.
 
From Jihadwatch.org:

"This article, however, shows what it does mean: it means that – as was inevitable given the supremacist nature of Islam – Muslims will accept no compromise, and non-Muslim workers will feel slighted and resentful. There can be no possible compromise with Sharia provisions: they must be adhered to in full, and once the precedent is set that they must be accommodated, there will be no end to the demands. That is why each of these incidents is important: it’s a small accommodation it itself, but it reinforces the precedent that American practices must give way to Muslim ones whenever they clash. Once that precedent is set, it does indeed lead to the Islamization of American society, unless at a certain point non-Muslims are willing to draw the line and say “Thus far, but no farther. No more accommodation of Muslim demands.” That line will never be drawn, however, as long as Americans continue to fail to see the larger implications and inevitable outcome of these individual incidents."

This incident is the future. We will be seeing much more of this."

Wake up, America!

Vickie
 
I agree, this monkey will never get tired of asking and begging unless we get tired of it and do something about it.
 
MugenOne said:
I agree, this monkey will never get tired of asking and begging unless we get tired of it and do something about it.
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what can we do? another crusade?
what we need to do is stop this political correctness and see things how they really are, stop sugar coating things.
 
You have to see it from the point of view of a business. The company is out to look out for its best interest in all aspects.

The fact that the muslim workers havn’t eaten anything all day is compelling enough to allow them to take their break early.

The concenquences of not accomodating them could be much worse than protests if someone gets injured or falls ill on the job.
There could be financial or legal issues for the company to deal with. In this case the company is really looking out for its best interest (business as usual)
Besides, these are factory workers, you’d think they got used to being pushed around by now 🙂

They should have gotten a better education and a white collar job where they don’t have to do deal with that sort of stuff but I guess it comes with the territory.

what!! did they expect a holiday Inn? get back to work.
 
Justice at last! Alhamdulillah!

Swift plant fires 100 Muslim workers

greeleytribune.com/article/2008809109983

About 100 Muslim workers at the north Greeley JBS Swift & Co. plant were let go Wednesday afternoon.

About 15 Greeley police officers were called to the scene by a Swift security guard as part of the termination. The security guard told police one terminated Swift worker had tried to hit him.

No arrests were made. The worker was escorted off the premises and police remained on the scene for peace keeping purposes.

The workers appeared to be all African. The termination appears to be related to the walkout of Muslim employees on Friday. The workers left their jobs Friday night after they were told they would not be given a break to observe the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Swift issued a statement via e-mail Friday evening about the terminations. The statement said the workers were let go as a result of the Ramadan-related work stoppage last week.

“For the past week, JBS management has met with union leadership and local Muslim leaders to address the timing of our second shift lunch break. As a result of those discussions we adjusted the lunch period by over one hour earlier to address their concerns. On Friday many employees walked off of the job without proper authorization,” the statement read.

According tot he statement, this action resulted in a number of workers being suspended.

“A majority of the suspended employees returned to work last night and those that did not were notified this afternoon of their termination,” according to the statement.

The statement also said Swift works closely with employees and their union representatives to accommodate religious practices.

Some East African workers say Swift officials initially agreed to move the break time, but then changed their minds and would not let them break their Ramadan fast at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
 
MugenOne said:
Justice at last! Alhamdulillah!

Swift plant fires 100 Muslim workers

greeleytribune.com/article/2008809109983

About 100 Muslim workers at the north Greeley JBS Swift & Co. plant were let go Wednesday afternoon.

About 15 Greeley police officers were called to the scene by a Swift security guard as part of the termination. The security guard told police one terminated Swift worker had tried to hit him.

No arrests were made. The worker was escorted off the premises and police remained on the scene for peace keeping purposes.

The workers appeared to be all African. The termination appears to be related to the walkout of Muslim employees on Friday. The workers left their jobs Friday night after they were told they would not be given a break to observe the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Swift issued a statement via e-mail Friday evening about the terminations. The statement said the workers were let go as a result of the Ramadan-related work stoppage last week.

“For the past week, JBS management has met with union leadership and local Muslim leaders to address the timing of our second shift lunch break. As a result of those discussions we adjusted the lunch period by over one hour earlier to address their concerns. On Friday many employees walked off of the job without proper authorization,” the statement read.

According tot he statement, this action resulted in a number of workers being suspended.

“A majority of the suspended employees returned to work last night and those that did not were notified this afternoon of their termination,” according to the statement.

The statement also said Swift works closely with employees and their union representatives to accommodate religious practices.

Some East African workers say Swift officials initially agreed to move the break time, but then changed their minds and would not let them break their Ramadan fast at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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It’s about time! 👍 And here’s more good news, Minnesota lose bid to impose sharia rules on the rest of us!

Vickie
 
CAIR arrives at Swift plant, threatening fliers left inside plant

The weeklong dispute between the Muslim workers at JBS Swift flared Wednesday with about 100 workers receiving termination notices when they reported to the plant in mid-afternoon for the late shift. The dispute took another nasty turn on Thursday as someone left threatening pictures on the tables in the Swift cafeteria. The pictures appeared to be from a protest and feature people holding signs that say things like “Behead those who insult Islam.”

greeleytribune.com/article/20080912/NEWS/109127453/1001&ParentProfile
 
Non-Muslims walk out of Swift Plant

GRAND ISLAND — A compromise reached to accommodate prayer for about 500 Somalian meatpacking plant workers in Grand Island led to a counter protest of even more workers at the JBS Swift & Co. plant Wednesday.

Workers including Caucasians, Hispanics, Vietnamese, and African-Americans walked out after clocking in on the B shift shortly after 3 p.m.

The objection – a change in the break schedule that leaves B shift workers shorted of hours Monday through Friday and forces them to work Saturday to earn at least 40 hours of pay.

"The Somalians say they can only work three hours after sunset, so we’re supposed to work 7.3 hours a day Monday through Friday," said Naomi Jakubowski. "We’re supposed to come in and make up the time on Saturday or be shorted at just 36 hours."

"I don’t want to sacrifice my Saturdays with my kids – and I can’t raise 'em on 36 hours of pay," she said. "I’ve got rent, food and diapers to buy."

Dan Hoppes, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local No. 22, announced the compromise Wednesday morning.

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